And if you were to examine the other points also by which the Divine
beauty is expressed, you will find that to them too the likeness in
the image which we present is perfectly preserved. The Godhead is mind
and word: for "in the beginning was the Word " and the followers of
Paul "have the mind of Christ" which "speaks" in them : humanity too
is not far removed from these: you see in yourself word and
understanding, an imitation of the very Mind and Word. Again, God is
love, and the fount of love: for this the great John declares, that
"love is of God," and "God is love ": the Fashioner of our nature has
made this to be our feature too: for "hereby," He says, "shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another ":-thus, if this
be absent, the whole stamp of the likeness is transformed. The Deity
beholds and hears all things, and searches all things out: you too
have the power of apprehension of things by means of sight and
hearing, and the understanding that inquires into things and searches
them out.